Thursday, July 11, 2013

SWEET AS: The Best From DC Comics' October 2013 Solicitations

When we Kiwis find something we like, we say it's 'Sweet as'. From the new Krypton still lives to the launch of Justice League 3000, when I'm looking at the best and new releases from DC Comics for October 2013, these comics here make the 'Sweet As' grade:.

COVER OF THE MONTH:

LEONARDO MANCO ALL-STAR WESTERN #24

You know, of all the DC52 titles, I think All-Star Western is the one I kick myself for missing most of all. Covers of Hex's scarred yet shocked face at what a modern Gotham City gunshop can offer, just one of the cool, yet clever, yet funny reasons why.

DC Says: This is the end of the line for Jonah Hex's trip to modern day Gotham City! Is his future our past or a padded cell in Arkham Asylum? (W) Justin Gray and Jimmy Palmiotti (A) Moritat.

UNDERCOVER CREATIVE: ALEX MALEEV BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT #24

He did sensational covers on Daredevil for years, now he's shaking the artistic tree with his interpretation of the Dark Knight, and Clayface as well!

Locked up in Arkham, Gotham City is safe from Clayface. But what led Clayface to become the monster that he is? The answers lie here. (W) Gregg Hurwitz (A) Alex Maleev.

THE NEWBIES:

THE SANDMAN: OVERTURE #1 (of 6)
(W) Neil Gaiman (A) J.H. Williams III

From the birth of a galaxy to Morpheus's capture, in this The Sandman's origin story, expect cameo appearances by The Corinthian, Merv Pumpkinhead and, of course, the Dream King's siblings: Death, Desire, Despair, Delirium, Destruction and Destiny.

COFFIN HILL #1
(W) Caitlin Kittredge (A) Inaki Miranda
Eve Coffin, a rebellious teen from a high-society family, wakes up naked, covered in blood and unable to remember. From the same event, one friend is missing, one is in a mental ward--and one knows Eve is responsible. Now ten years on, Eve returns to Coffin Hill to find the evil she woke that night still walks. (Mature Readers)

HINTERKIND #1
(W) Ian Edginton (A) Francesco Trifogli
Decades after "The Blight" all but wiped out mankind, The Hinterkind have returned. Creatures of myth, yet flesh, blood and hatred for those who drove them into the shadows: The human race! Now they are about to cross paths with Prosper Monday, a girl seeking to find her grandfather outside the secure walls of her city.

What do you think? For the full list of DC's October 2013 solicitations, click the jump!

6 comments:

I have so missed Merv. I can't watch Return to Oz without substituting Merv's sarcastic voice for Jack's pg rated one. He's the best pumpkinhead ever created. I was wondering if they were going to get McKean back on the covers, but I guess not. I love the one I've seen, but somehow it feels...wrong...to NOT have McKean's surrealistic work covering an issue.

Your actually right on the money Random, Dave will be doing a variant cover for this issue so look out for it! His covers and art really define Vertigo to me, Punch and Judy springing to mind most right now, so it makes sense to have him involved.

Karl and Dave, you're right, JL3000 will be a bit of a curve ball, it is going to be odd seeing the League running around interacting with the Legion's trademark places. Does a world cared for by the Legion make a one planet League seem kind of impotent?

I was on the fence myself until the creative team was announced. These guys know good League, and if they show others how cool DC's future is, it could lead to good Legion too.

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